Voter Drive Issue In Court

Casper, Wy – A U.S. District Judge in Casper heardarguments on a lawsuit filed over voter registration drives in Wyoming. Attorney General Pat Crank argued that prohibiting county clerksfrom accepting voter registration forms from voter registrationdrives does not deny anyone in the state the right to vote or rightto free association. Casper attorney John Robinson filed the federal lawsuit in whichhe wrote that the clerks of Converse, Sublette and Lincoln countiesturned down requests for multiple registration forms. Secretary of State Joe Meyer says individuals seeking toregister to vote must personally transmit a completed voterregistration oath form to their county clerks. Judge William Downes says he would take the motion underadvisement and issue a ruling at noon Monday.